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I like having intact, functional knees far too much to run regularly.

kevinstubbs 6y ago
There's actually evidence that running regularly strengthens your knees. https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a32598733/is-running-bad-for-your-knees/ https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a32598733/is-ru...
- SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
  It seems, as with many things, that trick is to use it, but not too much, and if you hurt yourself take a break, but get back to it once you're done. My favourite parts of that article are the comments - I believe someone is trying to log in by repeatedly typing their password into a comment box.
  - kevinstubbs 6y ago
    Pretty much. It's also quite important to strengthen muscles that work in tandem with the knees, get your vitamins, be smart with your running shoes etc. I've gone through my fair share of injuries to ramp up to 100km/week on pavement and had to a learn a new 'trick' every time to get past it and onto the next limiting injury. Also, "if you hurt yourself take a break" is interestingly not always true! Some injuries will basically not improve by resting - patellofemoral pain syndrome for example. For some other injuries, you can still keep going while injured as long as the rate of recovery is greater than the damage you are doing by exercising more. Injuries are not so black and white, and some very painful ones can sometimes be suddenly fixed without taking time off.
    - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
      > Also, "if you hurt yourself take a break" is interestingly not always true! Good to know. With COVID shutting down all the gyms I've taken up running to replace my regular workouts, and I'm still learning these things. The difficulty there will be to figure out how to correctly diagnose those injuries.
- xur17 6y ago
  I started running a few years ago, and my knees feel better than they did before I started running.
mikestew 6y ago
I run regularly and I, too, enjoy my functional knees. Oh, wait, you were going with some "running hurts your knees" trope, weren't you? Apologies. But if you're waiting for an athletic endeavor that leaves you perfectly healthy even if you do it wrong, well, enjoy the couch I guess. Or possibly swimming.
- mam2 6y ago
  Or hiking
  - mantas 6y ago
    Hiking ain't guaranteed to leave you healthy either.
- bovermyer 6y ago
  You're making a lot of assumptions here, and you seem to have taken my comment as some kind of personal attack. To give you more context - in my specific personal case, running would damage my knees more than it would give me any kind of pleasure or added fitness.
  - zimpenfish 6y ago
    If it's any consolation, I'm in the same boat where running would not be any kind of sane option for the current state of my knees.
- blackearl 6y ago
  Yeah swimming, no need to act like it's obscure or the only options are running or riding the couch.
01100011 6y ago
Depending on why your knees hurt, you might find activity is the cure. I went on a long hike once and hurt my knees. They wouldn't stop hurting so I took a break from hiking. Months went by and I couldn't get them to stop hurting. Finally I just got fed up and started hiking again. My knees have been fine ever since(years later). Many older athletes will tell you to never stop moving. The pain starts when you take a break. If you don't overcome it, you'll never move again.

There's actually evidence that running regularly strengthens your knees. https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a32598733/is-running-bad-for-your-knees/ https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a32598733/is-ru...

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
It seems, as with many things, that trick is to use it, but not too much, and if you hurt yourself take a break, but get back to it once you're done. My favourite parts of that article are the comments - I believe someone is trying to log in by repeatedly typing their password into a comment box.
- kevinstubbs 6y ago
  Pretty much. It's also quite important to strengthen muscles that work in tandem with the knees, get your vitamins, be smart with your running shoes etc. I've gone through my fair share of injuries to ramp up to 100km/week on pavement and had to a learn a new 'trick' every time to get past it and onto the next limiting injury. Also, "if you hurt yourself take a break" is interestingly not always true! Some injuries will basically not improve by resting - patellofemoral pain syndrome for example. For some other injuries, you can still keep going while injured as long as the rate of recovery is greater than the damage you are doing by exercising more. Injuries are not so black and white, and some very painful ones can sometimes be suddenly fixed without taking time off.
  - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
    > Also, "if you hurt yourself take a break" is interestingly not always true! Good to know. With COVID shutting down all the gyms I've taken up running to replace my regular workouts, and I'm still learning these things. The difficulty there will be to figure out how to correctly diagnose those injuries.
xur17 6y ago
I started running a few years ago, and my knees feel better than they did before I started running.

mikestew 6y ago

I run regularly and I, too, enjoy my functional knees. Oh, wait, you were going with some "running hurts your knees" trope, weren't you? Apologies. But if you're waiting for an athletic endeavor that leaves you perfectly healthy even if you do it wrong, well, enjoy the couch I guess. Or possibly swimming.

mam2 6y ago
Or hiking
- mantas 6y ago
  Hiking ain't guaranteed to leave you healthy either.
bovermyer 6y ago
You're making a lot of assumptions here, and you seem to have taken my comment as some kind of personal attack. To give you more context - in my specific personal case, running would damage my knees more than it would give me any kind of pleasure or added fitness.
- zimpenfish 6y ago
  If it's any consolation, I'm in the same boat where running would not be any kind of sane option for the current state of my knees.
blackearl 6y ago
Yeah swimming, no need to act like it's obscure or the only options are running or riding the couch.

01100011 6y ago

Depending on why your knees hurt, you might find activity is the cure. I went on a long hike once and hurt my knees. They wouldn't stop hurting so I took a break from hiking. Months went by and I couldn't get them to stop hurting. Finally I just got fed up and started hiking again. My knees have been fine ever since(years later). Many older athletes will tell you to never stop moving. The pain starts when you take a break. If you don't overcome it, you'll never move again.